Restart life

Chapter 441 0431 [He really resigned]

Why does Qin Shanshan feel relaxed?
Because she hadn't even finished her internship at the front line, she was temporarily transferred to the Youth League Committee as a staff member. Her main tasks included organizing youth activities, cultural and sports competitions, study meetings, and so on.

The month or two before National Day is one of the busiest times for this job. But she still didn't have much to do.

The Youth League Committee she worked for had four members, three of whom, including herself, were very relaxed, leaving only the last one who was a workhorse. When there was work to be done, the workhorse was assigned to it, but she wasn't given the task of reporting to the leaders or showcasing the work results.

Sometimes Qin Shanshan couldn't stand it and wanted to share some of the burden, but she ended up pleasing neither side.

Unable to understand, she went to ask her parents for advice.

Her parents told her to try to report to her superiors whenever possible, to befriend the two leisurely people, and to be wary of them. They also advised her to learn from the hardworking old man's work skills, but not to confide in him or show him sympathy.

After sorting out the interpersonal relationships behind her, Qin Shanshan felt extremely disgusted!
She didn't want to spend her whole life in that situation.

She discussed it with her parents, but they definitely wouldn't agree to her resigning. After attending Li Yulin's wedding, Qin Shanshan packed her bags and flew to Beijing under the guise of tourism.

She was too embarrassed to contact Chen Guiliang, so she called Xie Yang first.

Xie Yang had just bought a BMW and was driving to the airport to pick someone up, showing off his wealth to his old classmate.

"Wow, Lao Xie, you're driving a luxury car now," Qin Shanshan teased.

Xie Yang tossed his hair and said modestly, "It was paid in installments, so it didn't cost much."

Qin Shanshan looked him over carefully and commented, "He's gained a little weight and become a little more handsome compared to when he was in high school. All those pimples on his face are gone. How about I ask Zhou Jing out next time? She works in Tianjin, which isn't far from Beijing."

"A good horse doesn't turn back to eat the grass it already grazed. You have no idea how wonderful single life can be. Get in the car!" Xie Yang said, patting the hood.

Qin Shanshan rolled her eyes: "You didn't even know to help put the suitcase in the car."

Xie Yang has now come to his senses and will no longer try to please any woman. He sat in the driver's seat and said, "Self-reliance leads to abundance."

Qin Shanshan put her luggage away, got into the passenger seat and fastened her seatbelt. After the car started moving, she asked, "Is your company still hiring?"

"Trying to get someone in through connections? ByteDance has strict hiring procedures." Xie Yang didn't know Qin Shanshan was planning to resign and thought she wanted to get her friend in, so he quickly tried to silence her.

Qin Shanshan said, "Can't I just think of going to work at ByteDance myself?"

Xie Yang laughed and said, "Don't make fun of me. Your tobacco bureau has such good benefits, you can even go on vacation during the National Day holiday, while I only got one day off during the National Day holiday."

Qin Shanshan then asked, "Are there many of your old high school classmates who come to stay with you?"

Xie Yang said, "There are only two. One is from Class 1, a science student, whom you don't know. He currently works at the Rongcheng Cloud Computing Center. The other is Zeng Xiaoqiang, the dark-skinned, skinny guy from our class; he's already been laid off by his company."

"Why did you fire him?" Qin Shanshan asked.

Xie Yang said, "This kid went to a third-tier university and just coasted through those four years without learning any professional knowledge. After joining ByteDance, he didn't study hard and just messed around and bragged. Old Chen talked to him personally and heard that he had been playing games all the time in college, so he sent him from ByteDance to Youke to change his environment."

"And then?" Qin Shanshan asked curiously.

Xie Yang laughed and said, "What else can happen? He just keeps messing around. He brags all the time about how close he was to me and Lao Chen when we were in high school. He's always late for work, his attendance record is terrible, and his work is awful. Lao Chen just couldn't take it anymore."

Xie Yang is usually quite low-key and composed, but when faced with an old classmate he hadn't seen for years, especially a beautiful female classmate, he couldn't help but become talkative: "Do you think I became a senior executive at ByteDance because of my old classmate relationship? Don't look down on me just because I didn't graduate from university; I've always been learning. This year, I even enrolled in Peking University's EMBA program."

"You're pretty awesome then," Qin Shanshan casually complimented.

Xie Yang looked slightly pleased with himself: "It's alright, just so-so."

Qin Shanshan said, "Let's invite Master Chen out for a meal."

"You have his phone number, why don't you make the appointment yourself?" Xie Yang asked.

Qin Shanshan said, "He's a very wealthy man, I'm afraid I won't be able to get him to come out."

Xie Yang put on his earphones and dialed Chen Guiliang's cell phone: "Hey, Mr. Chen, Ms. Qin is here... Which Ms. Qin are you talking about? Your classmate from senior year of high school... Yes, she's on a holiday trip and has arrived in Beijing. She wants to have dinner with you... Okay, okay, tonight... I promise to make all the arrangements. I've already booked the hotel for her."

Xie Yang hung up the phone and said to Qin Shanshan, "Tonight is a reunion of old classmates. Chen Daxia invited Bian Guanyue and Wu Meng as well. You didn't know that, did you? Bian Guanyue and Wu Meng are both pursuing their master's degrees at Peking University."

"Of course I know. I know what's going on with everyone in your dorm," Qin Shanshan said.

Xie Yang didn't believe it: "What are Liu Zhihong and Yang Hao doing? They haven't been active in the group chat for two or three years now."

Qin Shanshan recounted the stories with great familiarity: "Liu Zhihong works in Suzhou, as a designer at a decoration company. Yang Hao, like me, repeated his senior year of high school. He failed his postgraduate entrance exam in his senior year of college and is currently working while continuing to prepare for the exam."

Xie Yang exclaimed sincerely, "Awesome! You majored in intelligence investigation in college, right?"

Qin Shanshan sighed, "Sigh, my parents arranged my major in college. They wanted me to study Chinese Language and Literature so I could work as a writer in the tobacco bureau after graduation. They said the tobacco system lacked everything except people who could do the work, but they always lacked people who could write documents. Following the leaders and writing documents was the fastest way to advance. In the end, they still messed it up. They couldn't get me directly as a leader's secretary, and could only get me transferred to the Youth League Committee."

"The Youth League Committee is not bad either," Xie Yang said.

Qin Shanshan complained, "It's such a tiny place, with only four staff members, yet they're still scheming against each other. I think it's so low-class. I don't want to hang out with them, and I don't want to waste my youth there. But I studied Chinese Language and Literature, a jack-of-all-trades major. To put it bluntly, I don't know anything. I don't even know what kind of job I should do if I want to change jobs."

Xie Yang finally realized: "You really want to resign?"

Qin Shanshan said, "Why would I lie to you?"

Xie Yang said, "I'll ask around with Master Chen for you. But let me make it clear beforehand: nepotism won't work with Old Chen; everything depends on your own abilities. You and Old Chen were classmates in high school, so you must have some hidden advantages."

"This preferential treatment manifests in two aspects: first, the tolerance for mistakes is high, and Lao Chen will give you more opportunities to correct them; second, if you achieve results, it is easier to get promoted and receive a raise."

"But remember, never go around telling everyone that you and Lao Chen were deskmates in your senior year of high school. He especially hates people who gossip."

"Also, if you want a promotion and a raise, you have to do your job well. Only those with good results will receive preferential treatment; otherwise, everyone will be treated the same."

Qin Shanshan smiled and said, "I understand, thank you for reminding me." Xie Yang drove Qin Shanshan to the hotel to drop off her luggage, and then took her to the company building, letting her kill time in the coffee shop by herself.

Qin Shanshan was extremely bored, so she went to wander around the Peking University campus and soon arranged to meet Wu Meng.

Before long, Bian Guanyue was also invited out by them, and the three women wandered aimlessly around Peking University.

As evening approached, Chen Guiliang and Xie Yang arrived to have dinner together.

Qin Shanshan took the initiative to talk about Li Yulin's wedding, which old classmates attended, what everyone talked about, and then she talked about what the other classmates are doing now.

Although this girl repeated a year of high school, she was very familiar with the current situation of her other classmates.

Why didn't I see her having this ability when she was in high school?
After the dinner, Chen Guiliang suggested going to see "The Founding of a Republic." The movie had been released before National Day, but Chen Guiliang hadn't had time to see it himself.

The movie tickets they bought didn't have good seats; they were located near the front.

One celebrity after another appeared, eliciting gasps from the audience, which were quickly followed by bursts of laughter. Even though the plot wasn't funny, some comedians playing positive roles created a jarringly comical effect.

When the film showed the scene of Wen Yiduo's speech, the camera moved to Chen Guiliang and lingered for a second.

The post-production subtitles also included: Wen Lihe (Wen Yiduo's eldest son).

"Haha!" Several people laughed out loud.

Some people asked, "Who is this actor? He looks familiar."

At screenings of "The Founding of a Republic," almost every audience member asked for the names of the stars. This was especially true for characters who received only a second or two of screen time; viewers felt they looked familiar but couldn't quite place them.

"Old Master Chen."

Who is Old Ancestor Chen?

"Chen Guiliang, the boss of ByteDance and Youke."

"The one who argued with Robin Li, and now he's making cell phones? What's he doing making movies?"

"He was in 'Crazy Stone', playing a security guard."

"..."

Amidst the murmurs of the audience, Chen Guiliang had already been knocked unconscious by the secret agents.

Wu Meng asked, "Is your performance over?"

Chen Guiliang said, "Although he didn't have many lines, he had enough screen time."

Xie Yang couldn't help but complain: "It is indeed long enough. But most of the time, you only have half a body, or even just one arm showing. Or you are so blurry as a human background that you can't see anything at all."

"If you're so great, then you do it!" Chen Guiliang said irritably.

Xie Yang mimicked Chen Guiliang's way of speaking: "It's just impotent rage, isn't it?"

The film continued amidst gasps, discussions, and light laughter, with Liu Huohua and Feng Gong's appearance eliciting bursts of laughter from the entire audience.

A perfectly good film commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China seems to have been made into a comedy.

Some celebrities are so distracting that it's hard to stay in character.

The next day.

Chen Guiliang spoke privately with Qin Shanshan: "Do you really want to quit your job and come here?"

"Mm." Qin Shanshan nodded.

Chen Guiliang then asked, "Not picky about the position?"

Qin Shanshan said, "I know I don't know anything. Could you arrange a job where I can learn some skills? I don't mind if the salary is lower."

“Abilities vary from person to person,” Chen Guiliang said. “How about working as a regular sales clerk at the HarmonyOS mobile phone experience store in Beijing?”

Qin Shanshan was taken aback.

I quit my job at the tobacco company and came to work as a sales clerk at your mobile phone store?
"I...I'll think about it." Qin Shanshan was quite disappointed.

After the conversation, Qin Shanshan left looking bewildered.

She really wanted to leave and go back to her hometown to continue working for the tobacco bureau. But after thinking it over, she decided to call Xie Yang to hear his thoughts and suggestions.

Xie Yang was also very surprised. He said to Qin Shanshan, "Master Chen wouldn't be so harsh on his old classmates. There must be a deeper meaning behind his arrangement. I suggest you agree to it."

"Okay!" Qin Shanshan also felt that Chen Guiliang was not the kind of person who would deliberately mistreat his old classmate.

Master Chen's reputation is still reliable.

Actually, Chen Guiliang didn't have any deeper intentions. He just wanted to test Qin Shanshan's personality and let her familiarize herself with the HarmonyOS phone business. If she performed well, he would make her the new store manager when they opened more offline experience stores.

She'll work as a store manager for a year or two, then be transferred to the official online store. We'll observe her performance and then assign her more important tasks.

Given Qin Shanshan's familiarity with the current situation of all her classmates, Chen Guiliang's idea was to have her do publicity, marketing, or public relations. But it still depends on her performance; perhaps in the end, she'll be assigned to work in the mobile phone supply chain.

(End of this chapter)